Newsreader suggestions

I need a new newsreader

Now that I'm not carrying a Mac around, I feel kind of lost without NetNewsWire. I used to have my PowerBook wake up at 6am and pull down all the new items from my subscriptions, ready for me to read on the train on the way to work. Now I have a Windows laptop, I'm without a newsreader.

Any recommendations? I'd prefer an offline reader, but I'm open to suggestions.

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Posted by Simon Brown on 19 June 2006 09:40:00 BST #


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Comment from Richard Miller on 19 June 2006 11:41:46 BST #
Sharpreader ( http://www.sharpreader.com/ ) is ok but always seems to end up taking a huge amount of memory.
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Comment from Tobin on 19 June 2006 13:40:04 BST #
I really like Omea Reader. http://www.jetbrains.com/omea/reader/
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Comment from Anonymous on 19 June 2006 13:56:24 BST #
I used to use feed demon before net newswire http://www.newsgator.com/NGOLProduct.aspx?ProdID=FeedDemon
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Comment from Anonymous on 19 June 2006 17:40:08 BST #
Check out GreatNews from http://www.curiostudio.com/ It is quite fast, saves yours posts, supports filters and highlighting and also syncs with your bloglines account if you have one. And wait ... its free !
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Comment from Ken H. on 19 June 2006 19:33:08 BST #
blogbridge - does offline, imports opml from bloglines (after a fashion) etc
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Comment from Simon Brown on 20 June 2006 17:07:22 BST #
Thanks for all of your suggestions. Being an IntelliJ IDEA user, I downloaded Omea Reader and I'm a little disappointed. It just seems too ... complicated (if that's the right word). I'll spend some more time looking at it and let you know how I get on.
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Comment from Erik Weibust on 05 July 2006 15:36:43 BST #
Sorry I'm late to comment here, and worse I'm recomending a web-based tool, Bloglines.  I love it and have been using it for a long, long time (03/26/04). 

Personally, I use web-based tools as often as possible.  I have a work laptop, a couple home machines, and the freedom to sit down at any machine in the world and catch up on the blogs I read.  I'm paranoid about getting my personal machines out-of-sync and using tools like Bloglines eliminates this problem.

Now that I've gone off on a bit of a rant, you and your habits are different.  You use your daily commute as a time to catch up on your blog reading so I can see you needing something different then Bloglines, but it's just such a great tool.  :)

Erik

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